Country comes first.
Long before the colonial buildings, Aboriginal people met here and cared for this landscape. The river sits at the heart of its cultural story. These connections continue.
PAST
A landscape with many lives.
Begin with Country. Discover the layers of history that still shape the park.
PAST / THE LAND REMEMBERS
Stand here.
Travel through time.
This is Burramattagal Country. A living cultural landscape, with many histories and continuing connections. Follow a few chapters in a much longer story.
A landscape reshaped.
Government House and its Domain introduced a new colonial use of the land. Their history is also a history of convict labour and the profound impacts of colonisation.
Look beyond the grand house.
The cottages, gardens and working landscape hold other perspectives on daily life. The Dairy Cottage precinct opens another door into the park’s layered history.
A park for the people.
Created under the Parramatta Domain Act of 1857, the public park opened a new chapter. Gatehouses, avenues, bridges and pavilions became part of its changing landscape.
The story keeps growing.
A walk by the river. A family picnic. A place to meet, play and pause. What we care for today shapes the park another generation will know.
WHY THIS PLACE MATTERS
More than a park.
Part of who we are.
A living connection to Country. A green refuge in a growing city. A place whose next chapter belongs to all of us.
Room to breathe
Parkland, gardens and remnant bushland, right in the city.
A park for the people
Formally created under the Parramatta Domain Act of 1857.
Heritage
Stories of global significance
Old Government House and its Domain form part of the Australian Convict Sites listing.
Burramattagal Country. A landscape with deep and continuing cultural connections.
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